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A New Approach to Abandoned Mines in Takla Lake Traditional Territory |
Description: A power point presentation by Margot French, Community Coordinator for the Healthy Land Healthy Future Project, Takla Lake First Nation (November 2008 National Orphaned and Abandoned Mines Initiative conference) Download file now |
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Acid Mine Drainage - Mining &Water Pollution Issues in BC |
Description: A booklet looking acid mine drainage issues in British Columbia. Download file now |
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Acid Mine Drainage and Effects on Fish Health and Ecology: A Review |
Description: Acid Mine Drainage Overview - Chemistry; Effect of Acid Mine Drainage on Aquatic Resources; Major Environmental Incidents Caused by Acid Mine Drainage; Prediction; Assessment of Acid Rock Drainage and Metals Release; Water Quality and Acid Mine Drainage: Pre-mine Predictions and Post-mine Comparisons; Factors Leading to Failures in Predicting Post-Mine Water Quality and Acid Mine Drainage; Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage; and Recommendations for Acidic Drainage Minimization. Download file now |
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Balancing Needs, Minimizing Conflict |
Description: A Proposal for Mining Act Modernization, 2008. Jointly produced by the Canadian Environment Institute for Environmental Law and Policy and EcoJustice, this document is an outline of suggested changes to the Ontario Mining Act, as called for by Premier McGuinty this year in response to the conflicts with Ontario First Nations and mining companies. Download file now |
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BC Mineral Exploration Review 2008 |
Description: A review of mining and mineral exploration activities in BC in 2008. Summary of BC overall and by regions. Includes maps, charts, tables and photos. Download file now |
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Canada’s Resilient North: The Impact of Mining on Aboriginal Communities |
Description: This paper reviews some of the effects that mining industries can have on well-being at the individual, family, and community levels in the Northwest Territories. It does not cover all impacts, but drills into a few effects in an effort to understand and build up a model of resilience, which helps to explain how impacts are distributed, experienced, and mediated. Resilience — the quality that helps communities respond to change and moderate impact — is an under-researched area of impact assessment. After describing the industry, we consider the question: what factors affect whether an individual or community experiences the impact from a mine? Volume 3 #1 Spring 2005 Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health Download file now | View the website for this resource |
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Dealing Full Force |
Description: Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation’s Experience Negotiating with Mining Companies Download file now |
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Dirty Metals; Mining, Communities and the Environment |
Description: A report that details the pollution, huge open pits, devastating community health effects, worker dangers and, in many cases, human rights abuses that have become hallmarks of gold and metals mining in countries such as Peru, Indonesia, Ghana and in parts of the United States. Download file now | View the website for this resource |
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Energy Development in BC: A Discussion Paper for the BC First Nations Energy Summit |
Description: This discussion paper offers information to First Nations in British Columbia about the way energy development can affect traditional territories. It addresses the environmental issues associated with different energy developments, including fossil fuels such as oil, gas or coalbed methane, and renewable sources such as wind or run-of-river hydro power. Download file now |
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Environmental Trends in British Columbia 2007 |
Description: The reports aim to provide the information that governments, businesses and individuals on environmental issues. The indicators presented in this edition of Environmental Trends in British Columbia: 2007 provide an update on measurable conditions in the province and the impacts of measures taken to address problems. This year’s report consists of a web site and a set of detailed reports on seven subject areas: Population and Economic Activity; Fresh Water; Air Quality; Climate Change; Species Conservation; Contaminants; Ecosystems. View the website for this resource |